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Richard M. Simpson (view source)
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Following the death of committee chair [[Eugene Cox]] in December 1952, the committee's work was soon wrapped up. The final report exonerated the investigated foundations of any suspected [[subversion]], and was only fifteen pages long.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/>
Following the death of committee chair [[Eugene Cox]] in December 1952, the committee's work was soon wrapped up. The final report exonerated the investigated foundations of any suspected [[subversion]], and was only fifteen pages long.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/>
Out of the six remaining members of the select committee, only Simpson's [[conservative]] [[Tennessee]] colleague [[B. Carroll Reece]] wished for a do-over and conduct a more thorough investigation of tax-exempt foundations.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> Simpson thus voted against a House resolution in late July 1953 which re-enacted the committee.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 H RES 217. RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF EDUCA- TIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FED. INCOME TAXATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref>
Out of the six remaining members of the select committee, only Simpson's [[conservative]] [[Tennessee]] colleague [[B. Carroll Reece]] wished for a do-over and conduct a more thorough investigation of tax-exempt foundations.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> Simpson thus voted against a House resolution in late July 1953 which re-enacted the committee.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/83-1953/h61 H RES 217. RESOLUTION CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO CON- DUCT A FULL AND COMPLETE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF EDUCA- TIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHICH ARE EXEMPT FROM FED. INCOME TAXATION.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref> The measure still passed with strong support from the majority of House Republicans, and the committee was known during the 83rd Congress as the '''[[Reece Committee]]'''.
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